Final Jeopardy: Pop Culture (9-22-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/22/2022) in the category “Pop Culture” was:
In 2011 Leland, Mississippi, where Jim Henson grew up, honored Henson & his Muppets by renaming a bridge this, also a song title
New champ Martha Bath, a retired CPA from Seattle, WA, won $30,800 yesterday. In Game 2, her opponents are: Lynda Tsuboi, a communications specialist from New York, NY; and Michael Menkhus, a data analyst from Kansas City, MO.
Round 1 Categories: Better Moments in History – Children’s Books – Farming – Must Be Nice – Movie Title References – Change One Letter Word Pairs
Martha found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Children’s Books” under the $800 clue on the 5th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $1,200, $800 more than Michael in second place. Martha made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
A.A. Milne adapted this children’s book for the stage & renamed it “Toad of Toad Hall” show
Martha finished in the lead with $7,200. Michael was in second place with $5,000. Lynda was last with $2,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Geography via Kokomo – In My Autobiography – Humans in Space – Old Fashioned – Beyonce Songs – Sounds Just like an Animal
Michael found the first Daily Double in “Autobiography” under the $2,000 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in second place with $8,200, $3,400 less than Martha’s lead. Michael bet $4,000 but drew a blank so he was WRONG.
“In Xhosa, Rolihlahla…means ‘pulling the branch of a tree,’ but its colloquial meaning…would be ‘troublemaker’” show
Michael got the last Daily Double in “Humans in Space” under the $800 clue with 4 clues left after it. In second place with $9,000, he had $6,600 less than Martha’s lead. Michael bet $8,000 and he was RIGHT.
In November 2000 Yuri Gidzenko, Sergei Krikalev & William Shepherd became its first residents show
Michael finished in the lead with $18,600. Martha was in second place with $15,600 and Lynda was last with $3,200. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “RAINBOW CONNECTION”?
Jim Henson’s early childhood years, from 1936 to 1948, were spent in Leland, a small city on the banks of Deer Creek in Washington County, Mississippi. Although his childhood home was torn down before he became famous, the city chose to honor him in other ways. There is an exhibit called “The Birthplace of the Frog” in the former Washington County Tourist Center/ Leland Chamber of Commerce featuring “a tableau honoring Kermit the Frog’s birth on Deer Creek, photographs from the Henson Family Album, and a gift shop.” In 2011, a local bridge was renamed “Rainbow Connection” and dedicated to Henson’s memory on September 24th, 2011. Henson would have been 75 years old, but he sadly passed away on May 16, 1990 at the age of 53.
On the website, Kids Out and About, Meg Brunson shares her family visit to The Birthplace of the Frog and the Rainbow Connection Bridge. (Note: the correct URL to the Birthplace of the Frog is .com.)
Lynda bet $2,200 and finished with $5,400.
Martha bet $10,500 and finished with $26,100.
Michael bet $12,601 and won the game with $31,201. Michael Menkhus is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
CHILDREN’S BOOKS ($1000) Huckle Cat & Lowly Worm are just 2 of the inhabitants of the Busy, Busy World of this author & illustrator
IN MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY ($1600) “‘Ella,’ I said, ‘I want to make the pilgrimage to Mecca‘”
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Artists”
“Los tres grandes” were Jose Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros & him show
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I wonder, ever so slightly, what Martha said to Lynda as they broke to commercial after the FJ topic announcement. You could just see Martha lean over and start to talk.
Martha did it again with her phrasing, and twice, at that – not in the form of a question. I thought she was going to time out on the one.
Congrats to Michael, doing, as VJ said, his thing, and just grinding back to the lead and win!
Missed the show completely watching that thrilling Yankees-RedSox game. Thank goodness for the daily recaps here. Couldn’t come up with the 2nd word of the FJ answer.
Some of those stumpers weren’t killers. Caribbean capital; the 2 in Sounds Like an Animal; the pilgrimage to Mecca author; and the author/illustrator. Thought all 3 DDs were tricky and guessed right only on the 2nd one. Michael’s big bet on the 3rd won him the match.
I was rooting for Michael mainly because he tried so hard to win and kept plugging away, despite that one DD setback
idk about that pawned jewelry animal sound. I know — it’s a matter of pronunciation — but I’ve never heard anyone say the bird word like the “pawn” word
I agree with you about the pawned jewelry animal sound, VJ. I think Alex would have nixed that clue. “Pawn” always sounds like “porn” to me lol.
That’s funny, Rhonda. I thought the contestants probably didn’t ring in on that “pawn” clue because the answer they had in mind rhymed with clock!
That’s hilarious, VJ! I didn’t even think of that, I sure am getting slow in my old age!
Happy to see every one getting this right. Congrats to Michael being a new champ.